Last resort - a race directory site (like ours or competitor) that lists the race. ONLY allowed if contact information is available

Links We Do Not Allow

Links to any document file other than a PDF. (.docx, .doc, .xls, .wps, etc)

Nude races that have pictures. Fortunately, most do not. Ick when they do.

Pages that require a login - (exception: we do allow Facebook pages).

Registration pages that have no landing page, they immediately dump you into registration process without showing you what you are registering for. (ex chronotrack is notorious)

Race Names Guidelines

DO NOT type in all caps. All caps means you are shouting. No one likes being yelled at.

DO NOT include year specific information such as Third Annual, Inaugural, 2014, etc.

DO NOT include superfluous events: and Chicken BBQ, and Family Fun Fest, and Pancake Breakfast, and Car Wash, and Basket Weaving, and Goat Toss

DO NOT include 'benefiting' or 'presented by'. (unless the race is only known by who its benefiting, or doesn't really have any other name... but take out the word 'benefiting'... so '5K Run Benefitting Homeless Hamsters' should just be 'Homeless Hamster 5K'

Do NOT include sponsors (generally). They are allowed when the race is known by the sponsor name and doesn't really have another name. ex Amica Marathon

DO NOT include every event distance in the race title. When its a 5K and 10K, its fine to include both. When its a marathon, half marathon, relay, kids race, 5K, 10K, 1 M fun run... just say 'Marathon' and call it good. Include them in the events, they will be listed on our site below the name

If a race is part of a series: Series Name - Run Name (or city)
Examples:
Color Run - Toledo
NMTC Fall Trail Series - Pine Valley 5.5K

Include enough words so that we don't end up adding it twice with 2 different names.

Race Date Guidelines

DO NOT enter a new event for subsequent years. Wait until the event happens, and then update the race date. Example: Even though we know the future dates of the Boston Marathon for the next 10 years, we do not add separate listings for each year. We update the Boston Marathon the day after it happens to have next year's date.

Races are automatically hidden from our directory if they are more than a year out, or more than a year past. If you add a race that is 15 months from now, it will not appear on the public site until its within a year from today.

If a race spans 2 days, put in the start date. (like for 100 milers)

If a race has multiple events on different dates, enter separate races for each date that has events. Example: North Face races have 50M, 50K, marathon on Saturday, and half marathon and 10K on Sunday. Create 2 separate listings for the respective dates, include the respective events for each listing.

Submitting Multiple Races - Race Series - Franchise Races

If you have a race series, and they can all be found in the same place, just submit the first one. We'll enter the rest.

If you have a large list of franchise races (color runs, foam runs, mud runs, glow runs, electric runs) all over the country, email Webmaster Mary and get special instructions for submitting these in a way that makes life easier for both of us